Ayuda Business Coalition selling Virginia on profiting from illegal immigration
Virginia is holding elections on Tuesday, and a group called Ayuda Business Coalition will be running local ads on CNN which will in effect attempt to sell Virginians into supporting illegal activity:The centerpiece is an ad that claims to show what happened when Riverside, N.J., passed a resolution penalizing employers who had hired illegal immigrants. Images of empty buildings and signs of shop liquidations and closures flash across the screen. The ad explains that Riverside rescinded its measure one year later.In other words: support illegal activity, and profit. Members mentioned include Mariano Claudio, their executive director Mauricio Vivero. Other members include the head of the Salvadoran American Chamber of Commerce and Carlos Castro, the owner of Todos Market. This may be the same group mentioned in Pamela Constable/WaPo on Latinos who lose money when laws enforced.
"The moral: Virginia, let's be careful what we wish for," a narrator warns.
As for Riverside, see Ken Belson/Jill Capuzzo/NYT: corruption, illegal activity are great! Since I have no first-hand knowledge I can't definitively say that the New York Times was overselling the impact of that town's ordinance, I just highly suspect it.
While there's probably little payoff, it might be helpful if someone in Virginia could forward the ad to someone else in Riverside to see whether they've taken any "creative license" with their choice of storefronts and the like.
Possibly related:
- Ken Belson/Jill Capuzzo/NYT: corruption, illegal activity are great!
- Jill Capuzzo/NYT: corruption, illegal activity are good for Riverside, New Jersey
- Virginia Employers for "Sensible" Immigration Policy
- Pamela Constable/WaPo on Latinos who lose money when laws enforced
- Pamela Constable/WaPo promotes CASA de Maryland, illegal activity
Immigration2007b · Sat, 11/03/2007 - 07:28 · Importance: 1
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When you consider that the top 10% of incomes account for close to half of sales at retail, the business attributable to populations at half the median personal income is not likely to be enough to close down any significant percentage of retail trade over an area that is populous. Thanks for your stalwart work exposing the mendacity on this subject, and congratulations on your share in recent victories in Congress, where internet organizing of the electorate triumphed over the special pleaders.